function [a] = flattenCell(c)
% Flatten one or two dimensional cell of arrays of same type to a big array
% It is useful when creating all spikes form spike train data structure
%
% Input:
%   c: cell
% Output:
%   a: array
%
% $Id: flattenCell.m 6 2009-08-27 14:36:03Z memming $
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N = sum(cellfun('length', c));
a = zeros(N, 1);
k = 1;
for ck = 1:size(c, 1)
    for ckk = 1:size(c, 2)
	temp = c{ck, ckk};
	l = length(temp);
	a(k:k+l-1) = temp;
	k = k+l;
    end
end
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